The full poem by Mary Oliver is no longer available at an authorized online source.

Happy New Year! It’s hard to believe that I have been writing blog posts on a monthly to quarterly basis for two years. I have a few more started that I simply have not had the time to finish. Stay tuned…

This post focuses again on the poem that is the basis of my New Year’s e-card and animation: “The Ponds” by Mary Oliver. If you haven’t read it, you might want to now……click to open the e-card in a new window.

There are a few precious and poignant messages that I draw from “The Ponds.”